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Students taking “S.T.E.P.S.” against AIDS Dec. 6
Students will again sponsor the second-annual Chautauqua County AIDS Walk on Saturday, Dec. 6, to raise funds for African children who are AIDS victims. Douglas and Ann Manly, two Fredonia residents who lost their son, David, to AIDS in 1983, will be this year’s guests of honor. Registration packets are available in the Campus Life office in the Williams Center.
Campus to host 9th Annual Campus-Wide Donation Drive
On Friday, Dec. 5, volunteers will be sweeping the SUNY Fredonia campus collecting donations for the 9th annual Campus-Wide Donation Drive. All items collected will be donated to the local agencies of the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Youth Organization.
‘A Christmas Carol’ comes to life on stage in Marvel Theatre
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present six performances of “A Christmas Carol” from Dec. 3 through December 7 in Marvel Theatre at Rockefeller Arts Center. It is the second production in the 2008-09 Walter Gloor Mainstage Series.
Fredonia one of just 12 U.S. universities honored in vegetarian contest
FREDONIA, N.Y. — November 25, 2008 — SUNY Fredonia was one of 12 universities nationwide to be recognized in the final results of a recent...
"One Stop Drop" system created on campus for recycling
An impressive total of 17 items – from plastic bottles to newspapers to tin cans – may now be deposited into one single recycling bin. Gone are the days when there were blue-colored bins for just paper in residence halls and offices, and students and faculty were asked to cart other recyclables to central collection sites in their buildings. Five students, all members of the local Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter, are assisting the Sustainability Committee by adopting the green recycling bin program for a class project in an upper-level Business Administration course.
Winners announced in campus Int'l Scavenger Hunt
Seniors Atira Hepworth , Zach Kwarta and Mary Meyer successfully completed the challenge in the fastest time, winning first place. Claiming second place were seniors Holly Todd and Dan Heyer and in third place were junior Kelsey Simet and senior Nate Marsh.
Shhh! Reed Library is ideal place for silent movie exhibit
Film buff Kathleen Sacco poses next to some elements of the silent film exhibit, on display for the remainder of the semester in Reed Library...
Visiting pundits look at "What Happened" in '08 election
There’s little doubt that the 2008 elections signaled some major changes in the American national fabric; the challenge is trying to figure out just what that means. The Communication Department will host three of Western New York’s pre-eminent political observers Tuesday night (7:30, 101W Thompson Hall) for a forum examining just that.
J-Term course is open for cultural trip to Turkey Jan 6-18
Fredonia, N.Y. — November 17, 2008 —SUNY Fredonia is offering a three-credit J-Term course allowing students to study abroad in Turkey January 6-18, and students, faculty, staff, or members of the community are eligible to enroll. The program fee is $2,200 plus tuition ($697.20).
The Bet Collector is this week's foreign film
The Education of Shelby Knox (shown Oct. 22) You Don't Know Dick (Oct. 29) Kept and Dreamless (Nov. 5) Luxury Car (Nov. 12) The Bet...